The origins of the 'Second' Temple : Persian imperial policy and the rebuilding of Jerusalem /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Edelman, Diana Vikander, 1954-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub., 2005.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Bible world (London, England)
Subjects:	Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) > History. Jerusalem > History > To 1500. Bible. > Ezra I-VI > History of Biblical events. Bible. > Nehemiah > Chronology. Bible. > Haggai > Chronology. Bible. > Zechariah > Chronology. Yehud (Persian province) Artaxerxes > I, > King of Persia, > -425 or 424 B.C. > Relations with Jews.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

When generations really count : dating Zerubbabel and Nehemiah using genealogical information in the Book of Nehemiah
What's in a date? : the unreliable nature of the dates in Haggai and Zechariah
It's all in the sources : the historicity of the account of temple-rebuilding in Ezra 1-6
Setting the bounds : the territory comprising Yehud under Artaxerxes I in the mid-fifth century BCE
Excavating the past : settlement patterns and military installations in Persian-era Yehud
Piety or pragmatism? : the policy of Artaxerxes I for the development of Yehud.